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010			_a 2011029382
020			_a9780521762731 (hardback)
020			_a9781107525832
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050	0	0	_aPA3136 _b.F58 2012
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084			_aLCO003000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aFletcher, Judith.
245	1	0	_aPerforming oaths in classical Greek drama / _cJudith Fletcher.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
265			_aمكتبة الانجلو المصرية
300			_axi, 277 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aكلية لغات - قسم اللغه الانجليزية
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-269) and indexes.
520			_a"Oaths were ubiquitous rituals in ancient Athenian legal, commercial, civic and international spheres. Their importance is reflected by the fact that much of surviving Greek drama features a formal oath sworn before the audience. This is the first comprehensive study of that phenomenon. The book explores how the oath can mark or structure a dramatic plot, at times compelling characters like Euripides' Hippolytus to act contrary to their best interests. It demonstrates how dramatic oaths resonate with oath rituals familiar to the Athenian audiences. Aristophanes' Lysistrata and her accomplices, for example, swear an oath that blends protocols of international treaties with priestesses' vows of sexual abstinence. By employing the principles of Speech Act theory, this book examines how the performative power of the dramatic oath can mirror the status quo, but also disturb categories of gender, social status and civic identity in ways that redistribute and confound social authority"--
600	0	0	_aAeschylus _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	0	0	_aSophocles _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	0	0	_aEuripides _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	0	0	_aAristophanes _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aGreek drama _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aOaths in literature.
650		0	_aSpeech acts (Linguistics) in literature.
650		7	_aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient, Classical & Medieval. _2bisacsh
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/62731/cover/9780521762731.jpg
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011029382-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011029382-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011029382-t.html
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955			_brg11 2011-07-11 (telework) _irg11 2011-07-11 ONIX (telework) to Dewey _axn05 2012-03-01 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.